How to Reduce Age Spots

In a few minutes, you will be on your way to becoming more beautiful and reduce age spots. Women over the age of 40 will start noticing that their skin tone becomes uneven, and as they get older, dark spots appear. Though age spots are not harmful, they are a cosmetic concern. Age spots commonly appear on the face, neck, and extremities but you no longer have to worry because there are ways on how to reduce age spots and even remove them completely.

A manicure with a nude shade of nail polish will make your hands look younger. Wearing outfits such as turtle necks can cover up the age spots and boat neck or open collared shirts will make the collarbone and shoulders stand out. Cover up the age spots with an excellent blemish concealer such as Smart Cover and wear sparkling accessories to draw attention away from the face, neck and hands.

Skin problems like age spots can be prevented. The medical term for these is ‘solar lentigines’ and it occurs on the body’s biggest organ when the person ages or is exposed to the sun as pigment production increase to cluster together and appear as dark patches. Wearing sunscreen, protective clothing like hats, or using an umbrella will be able to ward of the damaging UV rays of the sun to help reduce age spots and keep wrinkles at bay. To reduce age spots requires topical treatments to lighten the color of the age spot and additional treatment prevent them from coming back. Here are the 3 steps to take to reduce age spots:

First, the outer dead skin layer must be removed by products that contain exfoliating agents such as retinoids or alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs). These will gently slough off the dead skin cells to reduce age spots and even help prevent new ones from appearing but you have to be aware that products that contain these ingredients have to be used separately as one will reduce the effectiveness of the other.

Next, the enzyme activity that creates the skin pigment clusters must be blocked. Hydroquinone is the most common of these blockers and 2% concentrations can be bought over-the-counter and dabbed on to the age spots, taking care not to apply it on normal skin as any treated are will lighten. Arbutin and kojic acid are similar to hydroquinone and products that contain these eliminates the need for the painstaking spot treatment that the application of hydroquinone requires.

Lastly, the skin must be nourished and moisturized. Not just any skin lotion or cream can be applied as the products to be used must contain deep-penetrating nourishers that will help prevent skin irritation might occur because of the dead skin removal procedures and can help the new skin be healthier.

After all this 3 steps have been done and age spots removed, skin maintenance is required to prevent the recurrence of this type of skin problem by using the age spot prevention methods mentioned earlier. The products to be used to reduce age spots can be bought individually or as a complete age spot 3-step treatment that includes the protective sunscreen ingredients which is Meladerm Pigment Reducing Complex, the complete age spot reduction and removal cream. After repeated application of this product, you will be able to reduce age spots. In around two short weeks with continuous use, this highly visible skin problem will disappear and you can say good-bye to age spots forever.